The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Michael Kosta returned to perform stand-up last night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and this time around, Kosta has some helpful tips on ordering food at Taco Bell — which he later reveals also is helpful advice when dating. Now, as for dealing with other drivers as a …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… FOX ordered up additional episodes of New Girl and Raising Hope. Those two sitcoms, plus The Mindy Project, now will have 24-episode seasons for 2012-2013. President Barack Obama will visit The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday (Oct. 24). It’ll be Obama’s …
Do you remember Adam Hunter from the sixth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing? Do you remember Last Comic Standing? Do you even remember NBC? If so, then you don’t need to wonder any longer what Hunter has been up to recently, because you could have seen him Wednesday night …
Remember when The New York Times profiled Eddie Brill into a corner and caused an uproar both within CBS and Late Show with David Letterman — which took away Brill’s power to book stand-up comedians on Letterman after almost 11 years — and within the comedy community, which debated whether …
Mario Joyner has toured with Jerry Seinfeld, played small indie rooms such as the UCB Theatre in New York City, hosted a stand-up comedy showcase on MTV before you were born, and performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The man is versatile! In this clip from Monday night, …
We have news on both the outgoing and incoming versions of The Tonight Show. First, the new: TV Guide obtained a publicity photo from NBC showing Conan O'Brien's new set in California — which is twice the size of his digs up in 30 Rock in NYC, and also somewhat …
A quick look at comedy and comedians making news in the past day: — iTunes is giving away Denis Leary's audiobook for free, or at least 26 minutes of it. I'm sure it's almost as entertaining as listening to Kenny Powers. Almost. — The New York Times pretends the world …
The NCAA Final Four is leaving Detroit today, and in comes Jay Leno (on a break from Tonight Show tapings) to perform two nights of free shows at the nearby Palace of Auburn Hills, in the suburbs where the Detroit Pistons play. All of the free tickets have been snapped …
Boston's NBC affiliate, WHDH-TV (Ch. 7), announced on its site last night that it would begin carrying an hour of news at 10 p.m. in September — going against the grain of its parent network, which plans to move Jay Leno into the primetime slot. Quite a development, considering Jay …
The morning after NBC made it official, we all need to put the announcement of Jay Leno moving from late-night into primetime in 2009 into perspective. First, realize and recognize that while Leno's fall 2009 show will air weeknights at 10 p.m. on the East and West coasts, he'll actually …
